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US 5,331,365 AGranted
Camera shaking detection apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsAzuma Miyazawa, Takeshi Ito, Yoichi Yoshida
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Abstract
A light-emitting element is arranged in a camera body to emit light toward part of the face of a user. A light-receiving element receives light reflected by the face. A detection unit detects shaking of the camera body on the basis of a change in photocurrent from the light-receiving element. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element may be arranged as an eyeball detection unit for detecting the position of the eyeball of the user.
Claims2
A camera shaking detection apparatus comprising:
- light-emitting means, arranged in a camera body, for emitting light on part of a user's face;
- light-receiving means for receiving light emitted from said light-emitting means and reflected by the user's face;
- and
- detecting means for detecting shaking of said camera body on the basis of a change in photocurrent in said light-receiving means.
1 more element
A camera shaking detection apparatus comprising:
- eyeball detecting means for detecting a position of an eyeball of a user;
- and
- camera shaking detecting means for detecting camera shaking on the basis of eyeball position information output from said eyeball detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.